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2024-2025学年第二学期高二级英语科期中检测 总分：120分 一、阅读理解（本题共计4题，共计37.5分） A The Canadian Children’s Museum has been developed around a central topic—The Great Adventure—and gives younger visitors a chance to travel the world. Activities at the Canadian Children’s Museum Chalk Full of Creativity September I to 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m. September 6 to October 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m. Studio Express yourself in words and art on our chalk wall—a thing that is similar to simpler school days—and personalize your own mini-chalkboard to take home. Excellent Button Art October 3 to 31, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m. Celebrate October by creating a special work of button art inspired by fall colours, Thanksgiving or Halloween. Star Light, Star Bright November I to December 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p. m daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m. Studio Find out why the night sky has guided and inspired people throughout history, and use glow-in-the-dark stars to create your own constellation (星座). Blue build-a-Thon November 26 and 27, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hall Wear blue for our Build-a-Thon as we show our new creative space, where you can build anything you like with Imagination Playground’s Big Blue Blocks made of foam (泡沫材料). Admission (入场) Information Children under 3 are admitted free to the Museum. Children must be 12 years and older to buy a ticket on their own and visit the Museum by themselves. All visitors are admitted free after 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays. Don’t miss any activities at the Children’s Museum! Become a Museum member and enjoy unlimited family access (进入) all year long, starting at $89. 1. Which activity should you choose if you want to make something about Halloween? A. Blue Build-a-Thon. B. Excellent Button Art. C. Star Light, Star Bright. D. Chalk Full of Creativity. 2. When can you go to play with Big Blue Blocks at the Museum? A. October 3 to 31. B. September 1 to 5 C. December 1 and 2. D. November 26 and 27. 3. What can we learn about the Canadian Children’s Museum? A. Children are not allowed into the museum without adults. B. A membership card can only be used by children. C. It is free for all visitors after 4 p.m. on Thursdays. D. It is not suitable for children under 12. 【答案】1. B 2. D 3. C 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇应用文。主要说明了加拿大儿童博物馆四个活动的情况。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据Excellent Button Art部分中的Celebrate October by creating a special work of button art inspired by fall colours, Thanksgiving or Halloween.（通过创造一个特殊的按钮艺术作品来庆祝十月，灵感来自秋天的颜色，感恩节或万圣节。）可知如果你想做一些关于万圣节的活动，你应该选择Excellent Button Art。故选B。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据Blue Build-a Thon部分中的November 26 and 27, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.可知你可以在11月26日及27日上午十时至下午四时去博物馆玩Blue Build-a Thon。故选D。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据Admission (入场) Information部分中的All visitors are admitted free after 4:00 p. m. on Thursdays.可知Canadian Children’s Museum在星期四下午4点以后，所有的游客都可以免费参观。故选C。 B There are many stories of people gaining inspiration from nature but one of the most famous is that of Robert the Bruce and the spider. Robert the Bruce was a King of Scotland during its wars of independence from England in the 14th century. Descended from a Norman knight who had been with the invaders who had conquered Britain back in 1066, Robert believed he was the rightful King of Scotland, but King Edward I of England chose instead an English nobleman John de Balliol as King. After some years of fighting between the English forces and the Scots who wanted freedom from England, Robert was defeated at the Battle of Methver in 1306 but he survived and became a fugitive. Robert was a hunted man, fleeing from his pursuers over lonely mountains. Finally, he found himself alone in a tiny hut on a small island off the coast of Ireland, an exile from his own land. The cold wind banged at the wooden door of the hut and Robert shivered in despair. Was his fight for freedom worth all the lives lost? His own brother had been executed and his wife was held prisoner. He wondered whether he should give up the battle. As the cold wind blew outside the windows of the hut, Robert lay on his straw mattress, almost resigned to his fate. Then he noticed a spider above his head. The spider was hanging from a roof beam by one long silvery thread and trying to attach itself to another roof beam. The spider swung itself up and failed to reach the other beam. It tried again and failed again. Robert began to count. He saw that the spider failed six times in a row. “I have fought the English six times and failed each time,” thought Robert to himself. Robert looked more closely at the spider. “If the spider fails again on its seventh try, I shall give up fighting against the English. But if it succeeds, I shall try again.” The spider tried once again and finally, on this seventh attempt, it managed to swing itself over the beam and began to spin its web. Robert smiled, sat up, and with renewed energy and determination he decided he would follow the spider’s example of never giving up. Robert returned to Scotland and fought the English for eight more years before finally defeating them at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and liberating Scotland from English rule. 4. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Illustrating how spiders are skillful weavers of webs. B. Demonstrating how cruel the English were to the Scots. C. Proving that Robert the Bruce was the rightful King of Scotland. D. Showing how animals can inspire people to do things. 5. What does the underlined word “fugitive” in paragraph 2 probably mean? A. A prisoner of war. B. An escapee. C. A soldier. D. A king in exile. 6. What qualities did the spider have? A. It was persistent and never gave up. B. It was optimistic. C. It was ambitious. D. It was active and hard-working. 7. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage? A The ancestor of Robert the Bruce was a Norman knight. B. Robert was defeated six times by the English. C. John de Balliol proved to be a wise and good King of Scotland. D. Robert finally led Scotland to freedom in 1314. 【答案】4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了苏格兰国王罗伯特·布鲁斯从蜘蛛织网中获得灵感，坚持战斗最终使苏格兰获得自由的故事。 【4题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是根据第一段“There are many stories of people gaining inspiration from nature but one of the most famous is that of Robert the Bruce and the spider. (有许多关于人们从大自然中获得灵感的故事，但最著名的故事之一是罗伯特·布鲁斯和蜘蛛的故事。)”可知，文章主要讲述了苏格兰国王罗伯特·布鲁斯从蜘蛛织网中获得灵感，坚持战斗最终使苏格兰获得自由的故事，展示了动物如何激励人们去做事情。故选D。 【5题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第二段中“After some years of fighting between the English forces and the Scots who wanted freedom from England, Robert was defeated at the Battle of Methver in 1306 but he survived and became a fugitive. (在英格兰军队与追求自由苏格兰人进行了数年战斗后，罗伯特于1306年在梅斯韦尔战役中战败，但侥幸存活并成为fugitive。)”以及第三段中“Robert was a hunted man, fleeing from his pursuers over lonely mountains. Finally, he found himself alone in a tiny hut on a small island off the coast of Ireland, an exile from his own land. (罗伯特成了被追捕的人，在荒无人烟的群山中躲避追兵。最终，他孤身一人流落到爱尔兰海岸附近一个小岛的简陋小屋中。)”可知，罗伯特在战斗中战败，独自一人住在爱尔兰海岸一个小岛上的一间小屋里，流亡在自己的土地之外，故fugitive意思是“逃亡者”。故选B。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“The spider tried once again and finally, on this seventh attempt, it managed to swing itself over the beam and began to spin its web. Robert smiled, sat up, and with renewed energy and determination he decided he would follow the spider’s example of never giving up. (蜘蛛又试了一次，终于，在第七次尝试时，它成功地把自己荡过了横梁，开始织网。罗伯特微笑着坐起来，他重新获得了能量和决心，决定效仿蜘蛛永不放弃的榜样。)”可知，蜘蛛坚持不懈，永不放弃。故选A。 【7题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“Descended from a Norman knight who had been with the invaders who had conquered Britain back in 1066, Robert believed he was the rightful King of Scotland, but King Edward I of England chose instead an English nobleman John de Balliol as King. (罗伯特的祖先是1066年随征服英国的入侵者来到英国的诺曼骑士，他认为自己是苏格兰合法的国王，但英格兰国王爱德华一世却选择了一位英国贵族约翰·德·巴里奥尔作为国王。)”可知，罗伯特·布鲁斯的祖先是诺曼骑士。根据第四段中“He saw that the spider failed six times in a row. “I have fought the English six times and failed each time,” thought Robert to himself. (他看到蜘蛛连续六次失败。罗伯特心想：“我已经和英国人打了六次仗，每次都失败了。”)”可知，罗伯特被英国人打败了六次。根据最后一段中“Robert returned to Scotland and fought the English for eight more years before finally defeating them at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and liberating Scotland from English rule. (罗伯特回到苏格兰，又与英国人战斗了八年，最终在1314年的班诺克本战役中击败了他们，使苏格兰摆脱了英国的统治。)”可知，罗伯特最终在1314年带领苏格兰获得自由。文章没有提到约翰·德·巴里奥尔被证明是苏格兰一位明智而优秀的国王。故选C。 C It was 8:30 pm on a Friday at a health club in central London. The Yoga (瑜伽) for Beginners class was packed with first-timers eager to learn. It may have taken thousands of years, but yoga has shaken off its image as a practice associated with incense and chanting (诵经) to become a lifestyle essential for thousands of Britons everywhere. Yoga is changing lives in clubs and gyms around Britain. It has overtaken diving to become the fastest-growing new activity across the country. Every gym now has yoga classes, and yoga teachers are becoming popular and respected. Children as young as three take “Yoga Bug” classes. Hotels in Turkey, Spain and Mexico even offer yoga holidays for people whose idea of a relaxing time is strong exercise and soft things to drink. The new yoga generation believes engaging body and mind is the way to inner calm, not to mention a flat stomach, slimmer hips and a graceful body. Tom, 26, who works for a design company in Manchester, north-west England and started yoga in January, says this exercise is a perfect antidote to modern life. “Like most people, I work longer hours and travel a lot. Work is hard and competitive. I want somewhere where I can be alone and forget about absolutely everything, where the only person I am up against is myself.” Fenella Lindsell, director and founder of the Art of Health and Yoga in south-west London, says yoga’s popularity naturally results from consumers’ new-found interest in alternative lifestyles. “We are more in touch with how we feel and present ourselves. The same goes for fitness. We are questioning whether the traditional ‘no pain, no gain’ approach is for the best. We want a more complete form of exercise.” Sports scientists at Loughborough University, England, have just finished a study of exercise patterns that concludes that “low-impact exercises” are healthier for most people than hours spent lifting weights. Dr Ian Cockerill, who studies exercise trends, says less is now more. “People know they should ‘just do it’, but they're looking for a whole range of new feelings for the mind and the body.” Professional trend observers go further. They argue that the yoga craze is part of a general shift away from materialism to “the experience economy”. As most people earn more, making oneself look and feel good is now more about getting the latest “experience” than buying the latest thing. 8. In the past, yoga was considered ________. A. connected with people’s health B. relevant to incense and chanting C. connected with the fastest-growing economy D. associated with an essential lifestyle 9. What does the underlined word “overtaken” in paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Outnumbered. B. Balanced. C. Compared. D. Benefited. 10. Why is yoga a perfect antidote for Tom? A. Yoga is beneficial to his health. B. He has the chance to be alone and get away from work there. C. He can keep up with the trend by practising yoga. D. Yoga can help him to be competitive. 11. What is the best title for the passage? A. The Meaning of Yoga B. The Popularity of Yoga C. A Form of Exercise D. People’s Attitudes Towards Yoga 【答案】8. B 9. A 10. B 11. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。瑜伽在英国广受欢迎，摆脱了与焚香诵经相关的旧形象，成为人们追求身心放松和健康的生活方式。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“It may have taken thousands of years, but yoga has shaken off its image as a practice associated with incense and chanting to become a lifestyle essential for thousands of Britons everywhere.(它可能花了数千年时间，但瑜伽已经摆脱了其与熏香和诵经相关的形象，成为成千上万英国人的生活方式必需品。)”可知，过去瑜伽被认为与“熏香和诵经”相关。原文明确用“associated with incense and chanting”描述过去的形象。故选B。 【9题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第二段第二句“It has overtaken diving to become the fastest-growing new activity across the country.(它已经overtaken潜水，成为全国增长最快的新活动。)”可知，这里overtaken所在语境表明瑜伽在增长速度上“超过”了潜水，结合选项，outnumbered(数量超过)最符合语义逻辑。故选A。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段汤姆的话““Like most people, I work longer hours and travel a lot. Work is hard and competitive. I want somewhere where I can be alone and forget about absolutely everything, where the only person I am up against is myself.(和大多数人一样，我工作时间更长，也经常出差。工作很辛苦，也很有竞争力。我想要一个可以独处、忘记一切的地方，在那里我唯一需要面对的人就是我自己。)”可知，瑜伽对他而言是“完美解药”的原因是他能在此独处并逃离工作压力。故选B。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，全文围绕瑜伽在英国及全球的流行展开：从过去形象到现在成为生活方式、健身房普及、不同人群参与、科学研究支持及社会趋势分析。所以B选项The Popularity of Yoga(瑜伽的流行)概括全文核心。故选B。 D If, when you think of “art”, you think of a framed painting on the wall of a gallery, then think again. Or, even better, go and see Antony Gormley’s exhibit. Gormley is one of the UK’s best-known contemporary artists but he’s nothing if not unconventional. Gormley was trained as a sculptor but has spent the last 25 years breaking the boundaries of what constitutes “sculpture”. “I’m constantly trying to say — where does this thing called sculpture belong?” Gormley said. In 2003, Asian Field toured China after it was made in Xiangshan Village, Guangdong. This work consisted of approximately 190,000 small terracotta figures, which stand in a room looking at the audience. That’s hardly the bronze figure on a heavy base that we associate with “sculpture”. Another Singularity is another work by Gormley. It was a bit abstract. As you walked into the room, a matrix made out of bungee cord surrounded you. In the middle was a body, suspended in the matrix. It looked a bit like a giant spider web. Gormley is excited about bringing his work to the East, because it feels like “coming home”. After graduating from the University of Cambridge in 1971, Gormley travelled to India and stayed there for three years. “It’s very strange for me to be trying to talk to you about sculpture because the wonderful thing about sculpture is it’s silent,” he says, trying to explain the reason for his pushing at conventions. He sees a fundamental change in the way we see art today. It’s no longer about what the individual does, or does not “like”, but it’s about the individual’s experience with the artwork itself. “We used to go to art in order to see ourselves and the world that we knew was reflected in it,” says Gormley. “We liked the things that reinforced our world view. Now people go to art to be tested by it — I think that’s a huge difference. Art is about exploring the unknown.” 12. What can we infer from the first four paragraphs? A. Gormley is a best-known artist only in the UK. B. Gormley is well-known because of his unconventionality. C. Gormley has brought his work to China only once. D. Gormley has been a sculptor for no more than 25 years. 13. The following statements are true about the small terracotta figures which make up Gormley’s Asian Field EXCEPT ________. A. they are made in Xiangshan Village B. their numbers are about 190,000 C. they are made in the UK D. they are put in a room, looking at the audience 14. What does the underlined word “matrix” in paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Sculpture. B. Figure. C. Screen. D. Network. 15. What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. Art is about trying to know the unknown. B. People were reflected in art. C. The art today is hardly different from before. D. The art reinforced our world view. 【答案】12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了英国艺术家Gormley及其非常规雕塑艺术。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。 根据第一段的“Gormley is one of the UK’s best-known contemporary artists but he’s nothing if not unconventional.(Gormley是英国最著名的当代艺术家之一，但他最突出的特点就是非常规)”以及前文描述可推知，Gormley因其非常规性而闻名。故选B。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段的“In 2003, Asian Field toured China after it was made in Xiangshan Village, Guangdong. This work consisted of approximately 190,000 small terracotta figures, which stand in a room looking at the audience.(2003年，《亚洲之地》在广东象山村制作完成后在中国巡回展出。这件作品由大约19万个小陶俑组成，它们站在一个房间里，注视着观众)”可知，关于构成Gormley的《亚洲之地》的小陶俑制作于中国广东象山村，描述错误的是C选项“它们是在英国制造的”。故选C。 【14题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第四段“As you walked into the room, a matrix made out of bungee cord surrounded you. In the middle was a body, suspended in the matrix. It looked a bit like a giant spider web.(当你走进房间时，一个由蹦极绳组成的matrix包围着你。中间是一个身体，悬浮在矩阵中。它看起来有点像一张巨大的蜘蛛网)”可知，matrix由弹力绳构成，呈网状环绕观众，类似蜘蛛网，故matrix的意思是“网络，网状结构”。故选D。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据最后一段““We used to go to art in order to see ourselves and the world that we knew was reflected in it,” says Gormley. “We liked the things that reinforced our world view. Now people go to art to be tested by it — I think that’s a huge difference. Art is about exploring the unknown.”(Gormley说：“我们过去常常去看艺术，是为了看到我们自己，以及我们所知道的世界在其中得到了反映。我们喜欢那些强化我们世界观的东西。现在人们去看艺术是为了接受它的考验——我认为这是一个巨大的区别。艺术是关于探索未知的。”)”可知，最后一段的主要思想是艺术是关于探索未知的。故选A。 二、阅读七选五（本题共计1题，共计12.5分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 There are many poems about autumn and to be honest, a lot of them sound the same. ____16____ But William Butler Yeats’s poetry makes a difference: his poem about swans, one of the greatest poems that this great Irish poet ever wrote, brings new life to the autumn poems. He does this with clear imagery (意象). ____17____ Swans had been there throughout the time that Yeats had spent at Coole Park, the home of his supporter Lady Gregory. Yeats’s point about the swans is that they, unlike a man, never grow old. Whenever he sees the swans, no matter how old he is, he tries and fails to count them. Before he has done the counting, they rise up from the still lake, “And scatter wheeling in great broken rings. Upon their clamorous wings.” It’s a great and clear image. ____18____ ____19____ But we guess that he does not have their great passion and energy. His heart, perhaps, has grown cold, unlike the pairs bf lover swans who swim together on the water surface or climb the air when they take off and fly. Another important feature of the poem is that Yeats knows the swans are mysterious and beautiful. They are mysterious because they are not humans. Their life is different from ours. Their reality is not our reality. ____20____ A. Yeats does not really talk about how different he is from the swans. B. Yeats is considered to be the greatest poet of all time. C. The main image of the poem is the view of the swans in the title — The Wild Swans at Coole. D. You can almost hear Yeats’s exclaiming (感叹) as he sees the swans' sudden movements. E. Swans have been a common topic for brilliant poets. F. Read a lot of them for a while and you will soon be bored! G. But the poet, inspired by what he sees, is moved to think about them and life in a new way. 【答案】16. F 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. G 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了叶芝关于天鹅的诗区别于其他秋日诗歌，通过清晰意象描绘天鹅，引发诗人对生命等的思考，还提及诗中天鹅的神秘。 【16题详解】 上文“There are many poems about autumn and, to be honest, a lot of them sound the same. (有很多关于秋天的诗，说实话，很多都听起来很相似。)”说明秋天的诗歌同质化严重。 空处和前文为因果顺接关系，需进一步阐述同质化带来的结果，并和下文“But William Butler Yeats's poetry makes a difference: his poem about swans, one of the greatest poems that this great Irish poet ever wrote, brings new life to the autumn poems.( 但威廉·巴特勒·叶芝的诗歌却独树一帜：他关于天鹅的诗作是这位伟大的爱尔兰诗人所创作的最伟大的诗篇之一，为秋日诗歌注入了新的生命力。)”形成转折关系，引出本文的主题。 F项“读上一段时间，你很快就会感到厌倦！” 符合语境，该项中的“a lot of them”指代上文中的“many poems”，直接承接 “诗歌相似” 的特点，点明读者的感受，逻辑连贯。故选F。 【17题详解】 上文“He does this with clear imagery (意象). (他通过清晰的意象来做到这一点)” 说明叶芝诗歌运用意象的特点。 空处和前文为举例解释关系，需具体说明诗中的核心意象。 C项“这首诗的主要意象是标题中的天鹅 ——《库尔的野天鹅》。” 符合语境，紧扣“意象”话题，引出诗中具体的天鹅意象，“the view of the swans in the title—The Wild Swans at Coole”与后文“Swans had been there throughout the time that Yeats had spent at Coole Park”形成呼应。故选C。 【18题详解】 上文“Whenever he sees the swans, no matter how old he is, he tries and fails to count them. Before he has done the counting, they rise up from the still lake, “And scatter wheeling in great broken rings. Upon their clamorous wings.” It’s a great and clear image. (无论何时，只要他看到那些天鹅，无论自己年岁几何，他都会试着去数一数，却总是数不清楚。还没等他数完，天鹅们便从平静的湖面腾空而起，“它们成群结队、盘旋纷飞，形成巨大而不规则的圆环，振翅之声喧嚣不已。”这是一幅极为生动且清晰的画面。)”描述了天鹅从静止的湖面飞起的景象。空处和前文为画面延伸关系，需强化读者对意象的感官体验。D项“你几乎能听到叶芝看到天鹅突然举动时的感叹声。”符合语境，通过“听觉”联想补充视觉画面，让读者更身临其境，符合“清晰意象”的描述。故选D。 【19题详解】 下文“But we guess that he does not have their great passion and energy. (但我们猜想他没有它们那样伟大的激情和能量。)”中的but表转折，暗示前文应提及叶芝与天鹅的某种关联或对比。 空处和后文为转折关系，需先铺垫叶芝与天鹅的相似或未直接对比的内容。 A项“叶芝并未真正谈论他与天鹅的不同。”符合语境，下文转折后说叶芝没有天鹅的热情和活力，所以这里先说叶芝没有谈及自己和天鹅的不同。故选A。 【20题详解】 上文“They are mysterious because they are not humans. Their life is different from ours. Their reality is not our reality. (它们神秘，因为它们不是人类。它们的生活与我们不同，它们的现实不是我们的现实。)”强调天鹅的神秘性与人类的差异。 空处和前文为因果或总结关系，需说明诗人对这种差异的回应。空处和前文为因果或总结关系，需说明诗人对这种差异的回应。 G项“但诗人受到所见之物的启发，开始以新的方式思考它们和生命。”符合语境，承接“天鹅的神秘性”，指出诗人因此获得灵感，从新角度思考生命，总结段落核心——天鹅的神秘性激发诗歌的深度。故选G。 三、完形填空（本题共计1题，共计15分） Paintings and sculptures can be a(n) ___21___ for the eyes of visitors to art museums, but today they are also considered to be an unconventional (非常规的) ___22___ for people with mental illness. Last month, a group of Canadian doctors started to write a brand-new kind of prescription (处方) which gives patients free ___23___ to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. There, they will have a relaxing experience, enjoying the museum’s collections. Nathalie Bondil, a museum’s general director, ___24___ that being in contact with culture and art can help with ___25___. “In the 21st century, culture will be what physical activity was for health in the 20th century,” she told the Montreal Gazette. Each prescription will allow not only the ___26___ to go into the art museums but also their families or friends to ___27___ them. In the museums, visitors can appreciate the artworks and ___28___ a wide range of activities, including drawing, sewing and making a sculpture with ___29___ materials which are environmentally friendly. The new cure is said to be the ___30___ of its kind in the world. And there's increasing evidence that the works of art, ___31___ the works of art describing nature, can have positive effects on people with fear, depression and ___32___. In 2017, the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Art, Health and Wellbeing also released a report stating that “it’s time to ___33___ the powerful contributions the art can make to our health”. Is it possible for art to help overall health? We may not know the answer yet. Only time can ___34___. But one thing is certain, that is, more and more people today are ___35___ of the idea that “art is good medicine”. 21. A. support B. feast C. game D. honour 22. A. custom B. case C. cure D. situation 23. A. access B. introduction C. solution D. key 24. A. complains B. believes C. imagines D. recalls 25. A. income B. education C. wealth D. health 26. A. customers B. doctors C. patients D. players 27. A. accompany B. find C. control D. observe 28. A. take part in B. play jokes on C. have effects on D. take pride in 29. A. rare B. expensive C. recycled D. damaged 30. A. last B. first C. worst D. dearest 31. A. except B. besides C. especially D. additionally 32. A. delight B. anxiety C. expectation D. desire 33. A. recognise B. forget C. repeat D. miss 34. A. report B. change C. tell D. record 35. A. convinced B. warned C. reminded D. rid 【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. A 29. C 30. B 31. C 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. A 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文，主要介绍绘画和雕塑作为非常规疗法对精神疾病患者的作用，以及相关实践和研究证据。 【21题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：绘画和雕塑对于艺术博物馆的参观者来说是一场视觉盛宴，但如今它们也被视为治疗精神疾病患者的非常规疗法。A. support支持；B. feast盛宴；C. game游戏；D. honour荣誉。根据下文“for the eyes of visitors to art museums”以及语境可知，这里考查a feast for the eyes，为固定搭配，表示“视觉盛宴”，符合艺术作品给参观者带来的审美体验。故选B项。 【22题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：绘画和雕塑对于艺术博物馆的参观者来说是一场视觉盛宴，但如今它们也被视为治疗精神疾病患者的非常规疗法。A. custom习俗；B. case案例；C. cure疗法；D. situation情况。根据下文“write a brand-new kind of prescription”可知，艺术被用作疗法，这里与“prescription(处方)”呼应。故选C项。 【23题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：上个月，一群加拿大医生开始开具一种全新的处方，让患者免费进入蒙特利尔美术博物馆。A. access进入权；B. introduction介绍；C. solution解决方案；D. key钥匙。根据下文“There, they will have a relaxing experience, enjoying the museum’s collections”可知，这里指处方允许患者进入博物馆，give free access to，为固定短语，表示“免费进入”，符合语境。故选A项。 【24题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：博物馆馆长娜塔莉・邦迪尔认为，接触文化和艺术有助于健康。A. complains抱怨；B. believes认为；C. imagines想象；D. recalls回忆。根据下文“In the 21st century, culture will be what physical activity was for health in the 20th century,”引用她的话可知，这是她的观点，believes表示“认为”，符合语义。故选B项。 【25题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：博物馆馆长娜塔莉・邦迪尔认为，接触文化和艺术有助于健康。A. income收入；B. education教育；C. wealth财富；D. health健康。根据上文“people with mental illness”和“prescription”可知，这里指艺术疗法旨在促进健康，与后文“positive effects on people with fear, depression” 呼应。故选D项。 【26题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：每张处方不仅允许患者进入艺术博物馆，还允许他们的家人或朋友陪伴他们。A. customers顾客；B. doctors医生；C. patients患者；D. players玩家。根据上文“gives patients free 　3　to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts”以及语境可知，此处patients原词复现，指处方的使用者。故选C项。 【27题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：每张处方不仅允许患者进入艺术博物馆，还允许他们的家人或朋友陪伴他们。A. accompany陪伴；B. find找到；C. control控制；D. observe观察。根据上文“families or friends”可知，他们的角色是陪伴患者，accompany符合语境。故选A项。 【28题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：在博物馆里，游客可以欣赏艺术品并参加各种各样的活动，包括绘画、缝纫和用环保的回收材料制作雕塑。A. take part in参加；B. play jokes on开玩笑；C. have effects on影响；D. take pride in自豪。根据下文“a wide range of activities”以及语境可知，这里指参加各项活动，take part in符合语义。故选A项。 【29题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在博物馆里，游客可以欣赏艺术品并参加各种各样的活动，包括绘画、缝纫和用环保的回收材料制作雕塑。A. rare稀有的；B. expensive昂贵的；C. recycled回收的；D. damaged损坏的。根据下文“environmentally friendly”可知，材料是回收的，recycled与环保属性一致。故选C项。 【30题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这种新疗法据说是世界上首例。A. last最后的；B. first第一的；C. worst最坏的；D. dearest最亲爱的。根据上文“brand-new kind of prescription”可知，这是首例此类疗法，first体现创新性。故选B项。 【31题详解】 考查副词词义辨析。句意：越来越多的证据表明，艺术作品，尤其是描绘自然的艺术作品，对患有恐惧、抑郁和焦虑的人有积极影响。A. except除了；B. besides此外；C. especially尤其；D. additionally另外。根据下文“the works of art describing nature”以及语境可知，describing nature是对works of art的强调，especially表示“尤其”，突出自然主题作品的特殊效果，符合语境。故选C项。 【32题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：越来越多的证据表明，艺术作品，尤其是描绘自然的艺术作品，对患有恐惧、抑郁和焦虑的人有积极影响。A. delight快乐；B. anxiety焦虑；C. expectation期待；D. desire渴望。根据上文“with fear, depression”以及语境可知，“fear, depression”均为负面情绪，“anxiety(焦虑)”与之并列，符合精神疾病范畴。故选B项。 【33题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：是时候认识到艺术对我们健康的巨大贡献了。A. recognise认识到；B. forget忘记；C. repeat重复；D. miss错过。根据语境和上文“released a report stating”可知，报告呼吁人们认识到艺术的作用，recognise符合语义。故选A项。 【34题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们可能还不知道答案。只有时间能证明。A. report报告；B. change改变；C. tell证明，显示；D. record记录。根据上文“Only time can”以及语境可知，这里考查Only time can tell，为固定表达，表示“时间会证明一切”，符合语境。故选C项。 【35题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：但有一件事是肯定的，那就是如今越来越多的人相信“艺术是良药” 这一观点。A. convinced使确信；B. warned警告；C. reminded提醒；D. rid摆脱。根据下文“of the idea that ‘art is good medicine’”以及语境可知，这里考查be convinced of，表示“相信”，与 one thing is certain呼应，强调人们对艺术疗法的认可。故选A项。 四、语法填空（本题共计1题，共计15分） 阅读短文，在空白处填入一个合适的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in reaction to climate change, ____36____ could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems. Global warming is having a great effect on ____37____ (hundred) of plant and animal species around the world, ____38____ (change) some living patterns, scientists say. Increased carbon dioxide in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on ____39____ plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of ____40____ (grow). “Predicting species’s reaction to climate change is ____41____ major challenge in ecology” said the ____42____ (research) from several US universities. They said plants had be-en the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystems. The study, published on the Nature website, ____43____ (use) the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It ____44____ (find) that some experiments have underestimated the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times. “Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance — for both leafing and flowering — that results from temperature increases,” the study said. The design of future experiments may need to be improved to _____45_____ (well) predict how plants will react to climate change, it said. 【答案】36. which 37. hundreds 38. changing 39. how 40. growth 41. a 42. researchers 43. uses 44. found 45. better 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了植物因气候变化而开花速度加快，这可能对食物链和生态系统产生长期破坏性影响。 【36题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：植物开花的速度比科学家预测的要快，以应对气候变化，这可能对食物链和生态系统产生长期的破坏性影响。此处引导非限制性定语从句，修饰上文整个句子，从句中缺少主语，故用关系代词which引导。故填which。 【37题详解】 考查名词的数。句意：科学家说，全球变暖对世界各地的数百种动植物物种产生了巨大影响，改变了一些生活方式。表示“数百”用固定短语hundreds of。故填hundreds。 【38题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。本句谓语为is having，此处为非谓语动词，change“改变”在句中应用非谓语动词形式，与逻辑主语Global warming构成主动关系，故用现在分词作状语。故填changing。 【39题详解】 考查宾语从句。句意：燃烧煤和石油产生的空气中的二氧化碳增加会影响植物产生氧气的方式，而更高的温度和变化无常的降雨模式会改变它们的生长模式。本空引导宾语从句，从句中缺少方式状语，表示“如何”应用how。故填how。 【40题详解】 考查名词。句意同上。作介词of的宾语，表示“生长”，应用名词growth，不可数。故填growth。 【41题详解】 考查冠词。句意：“预测物种对气候变化的反应是生态学中的一个主要挑战，”来自美国几所大学的研究人员说。此处表泛指“一个主要挑战”，应用不定冠词，且major是发音以辅音音素开头的单词，用不定冠词a。故填a。 【42题详解】 考查名词的数。句意同上。researcher“研究人员”为可数名词，根据后文from several US universities可知，不止一个研究人员，应用复数形式，作主语。故填researchers。 【43题详解】 考查时态。句意：这项发表在《自然》网站上的研究使用了来自四大洲和1634个物种的植物生命周期研究和实验的发现。本句描述一般事实，时态应用一般现在时，主语The study为第三人称单数，谓语用use的第三人称单数uses。故填uses。 【44题详解】 考查时态。句意：研究发现，一些实验低估了开花速度8.5倍，长叶子速度4倍。描述过去发生的动作，时态应用一般过去时，谓语用find“发现”的过去式found。故填found。 【45题详解】 考查比较级。句意：报告称，未来的实验设计可能需要改进，以便更好地预测植物将如何应对气候变化。此处修饰动词predict，应用副词well的比较级形式better“更好地”，作状语。故填better。 五、建议信（本题共计1题，共计15分） 46. 假设你是李华，你的朋友Anthony对中国古诗很感兴趣，报名参加了“我最喜爱的中国古代诗人”（My Favorite Ancient Chinese Poet）英语演讲比赛，但不知如何准备，来信寻求你的建议。请你用英语写一封回信，内容如下： 1. 推荐的诗人及推荐原因； 2. 演讲的注意事项； 3. 鼓励和祝福。 注意：1. 词数80词左右；2. 短文的开头己写好，不计入总数。 Dear Anthony, Hearing that you have signed up for the English Speaking Contest "My Favorite Ancient Chinese Poet", _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Dear Anthony, Hearing that you have signed up for the English Speaking Contest “My Favorite Ancient Chinese Poet”, I’m glad to share suggestions. I recommend Su Shi, a versatile poet with optimism. His “I ask the sky for wine, wondering about the palace in the moon” shows his wit and resilience through life’s ups and downs. Highlighting his ability to find joy in adversity will make your speech inspiring. For the speech, pick 2 poems. Start with a brief story about his exile, then analyze key lines’ imagery and emotions. Use simple English to explain cultural references and add a slide of his calligraphy. Practice pausing to emphasize feelings and smile naturally. You’ve got this! Your love for Chinese poetry will shine. Good luck, and let me know if you need more help! Best wishes, Li Hua 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生给你的朋友Anthony写一封回信，就他参加的“我最喜爱的中国古代诗人”（My Favorite Ancient Chinese Poet）英语演讲比赛给出一些建议。内容包括： 推荐的诗人及推荐原因、演讲的注意事项和鼓励祝福。 【详解】1.词汇积累 高兴：glad→delighted 建议：suggestion →advice 智慧：wit→wisdom 快乐： joy →happiness 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：I recommend Su Shi, a versatile poet with optimism. 拓展句：I recommend Su Shi, who is a versatile poet with optimism. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Highlighting his ability to find joy in adversity will make your speech inspiring.（运用了动名词作主语和不定式作定语） 【高分句型2】Good luck, and let me know if you need more help!（运用了if引导的条件状语从句） 六、读后续写（本题共计1题，共计25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。 I lay on my bed, legs leaning against the wall, desperately wishing my mother would call. But I remembered the last time I'd seen her, right before the train for Providence pulled out of the station, “You know how expensive it is to call,” she said, then hugged me tight and said good- bye. This was my first birthday away from home. I missed my mom, missed my sister, and most certainly missed the special pound cake my mother always made for my birthday. Since getting to college that year, I would watch jealously as the other freshmen received care packages from their parents on their birthdays--and even on ordinary days. Big boxes containing summer slacks and blouses, packages of M&M's and Snickers , things they needed and things they didn't. Instead of feeling thrilled about my upcoming eighteenth birthday, I felt empty. I wished my mom would send me something, too, but I knew that she couldn’t afford presents or the postage. She had done her best with my sister and me--raising us by herself. The simple truth was there just was never enough money. But that didn’t stop her from filling us with dreams. “You can be anything you want to be,” she would tell us. “Politicians, dancers, writers -- you just have to work for it; you have to get an education.” Thanks to my mom's sacrifices and big dreams, I’d made it to the Ivy League: Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. As I was recalling these things, my roommate joined me on the bed. “Hey. After we study, let's buy ice cream and cake.” I nodded, closed my eyes, and imagined the cake Mom would have made. Mmm. I could see the golden yellow of each of the twelve eggs, and I could almost smell the vanilla(香草) filling the house while the cake baked. 注意： 1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； Paragraph 1 As I daydreamed there was a knock on the door.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2 How had she managed to afford it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】读后续写 Paragraph 1: As I daydreamed, there was a knock on the door. My roommate opened it to find a deliveryman asking for me. He handed her a large box, which she carefully placed on the desk near my bed. “Open it”. I did, and inside was a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. In icing were the words: “Happy Birthday, Sande! Love, Mom.” I was filled with excitement, as if Mom were right there hugging me close. Paragraph 2: How had she managed to afford it? I felt as if I were back at home with her, safe and secure while she sang and told me how much she loved having me in her life. I ran out to the hall and knocked on my dormmates’ doors. “Birthday cake,” I called. I cut cake for the students gathering in my room and watched their faces as they ate, because I didn't need to eat to feel both full and rich inside. 【解析】 【分析】本篇书面表达是读后续写，要求续写两段内容。 【详解】第1步：根据提示可知，本文要求续写两段内容（我收到妈妈送我的生日蛋糕和我的感受以及我和室友们一起分享的情节），注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好时态应为一般过去时。 第2步：根据写作要求，确定关键词（组），如； deliveryman（送货员），carefully（小心翼翼地），excitement（兴奋），secure（安全）， hug（拥抱）及gather（聚集）等。 第3步：根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态问题。 第4步：连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一定要规范清晰，保持卷面的整洁美观。 【点睛】范文语言地道，语篇连贯，词数适当。作者在范文中使用了较多高级词汇和句式，高级词汇有be filled with（充满），run out（跑出去），as if (仿佛、好像)，ask for sb（找某人）以及knock on（敲门），而且还使用了非限定性定语从句“He handed her a large box, which she carefully placed on the desk near my bed.”，状语从句“I was filled with excitement, as if Mom were right there hugging me close.”以及“I cut cake for the students gathering in my room and watched their faces as they ate, because I didn't need to eat to feel both full and rich inside.”，非谓语动词“My roommate opened it to find a deliveryman asking for me.”，全文没有语法错误，上下句转换自然流畅。 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2024-2025学年第二学期高二级英语科期中检测 总分：120分 一、阅读理解（本题共计4题，共计37.5分） A The Canadian Children’s Museum has been developed around a central topic—The Great Adventure—and gives younger visitors a chance to travel the world. Activities at the Canadian Children’s Museum Chalk Full of Creativity September I to 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m. September 6 to October 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m. Studio Express yourself in words and art on our chalk wall—a thing that is similar to simpler school days—and personalize your own mini-chalkboard to take home. Excellent Button Art October 3 to 31, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m. Celebrate October by creating a special work of button art inspired by fall colours, Thanksgiving or Halloween. Star Light, Star Bright November I to December 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p. m daily, Thursdays until 7 p.m. Studio Find out why the night sky has guided and inspired people throughout history, and use glow-in-the-dark stars to create your own constellation (星座). Blue build-a-Thon November 26 and 27, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hall Wear blue for our Build-a-Thon as we show our new creative space, where you can build anything you like with Imagination Playground’s Big Blue Blocks made of foam (泡沫材料). Admission (入场) Information Children under 3 are admitted free to the Museum. Children must be 12 years and older to buy a ticket on their own and visit the Museum by themselves. All visitors are admitted free after 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays. Don’t miss any activities at the Children’s Museum! Become a Museum member and enjoy unlimited family access (进入) all year long, starting at $89. 1. Which activity should you choose if you want to make something about Halloween? A. Blue Build-a-Thon. B. Excellent Button Art. C. Star Light, Star Bright. D. Chalk Full of Creativity. 2. When can you go to play with Big Blue Blocks at the Museum? A October 3 to 31. B. September 1 to 5 C. December 1 and 2. D. November 26 and 27. 3. What can we learn about the Canadian Children’s Museum? A. Children are not allowed into the museum without adults. B. A membership card can only be used by children. C. It is free for all visitors after 4 p.m. on Thursdays. D. It is not suitable for children under 12. B There are many stories of people gaining inspiration from nature but one of the most famous is that of Robert the Bruce and the spider. Robert the Bruce was a King of Scotland during its wars of independence from England in the 14th century. Descended from a Norman knight who had been with the invaders who had conquered Britain back in 1066, Robert believed he was the rightful King of Scotland, but King Edward I of England chose instead an English nobleman John de Balliol as King. After some years of fighting between the English forces and the Scots who wanted freedom from England, Robert was defeated at the Battle of Methver in 1306 but he survived and became a fugitive. Robert was a hunted man, fleeing from his pursuers over lonely mountains. Finally, he found himself alone in a tiny hut on a small island off the coast of Ireland, an exile from his own land. The cold wind banged at the wooden door of the hut and Robert shivered in despair. Was his fight for freedom worth all the lives lost? His own brother had been executed and his wife was held prisoner. He wondered whether he should give up the battle. As the cold wind blew outside the windows of the hut, Robert lay on his straw mattress, almost resigned to his fate. Then he noticed a spider above his head. The spider was hanging from a roof beam by one long silvery thread and trying to attach itself to another roof beam. The spider swung itself up and failed to reach the other beam. It tried again and failed again. Robert began to count. He saw that the spider failed six times in a row. “I have fought the English six times and failed each time,” thought Robert to himself. Robert looked more closely at the spider. “If the spider fails again on its seventh try, I shall give up fighting against the English. But if it succeeds, I shall try again.” The spider tried once again and finally, on this seventh attempt, it managed to swing itself over the beam and began to spin its web. Robert smiled, sat up, and with renewed energy and determination he decided he would follow the spider’s example of never giving up. Robert returned to Scotland and fought the English for eight more years before finally defeating them at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and liberating Scotland from English rule. 4. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Illustrating how spiders are skillful weavers of webs. B. Demonstrating how cruel the English were to the Scots. C. Proving that Robert the Bruce was the rightful King of Scotland. D. Showing how animals can inspire people to do things. 5. What does the underlined word “fugitive” in paragraph 2 probably mean? A. A prisoner of war. B. An escapee. C. A soldier. D. A king in exile. 6. What qualities did the spider have? A. It was persistent and never gave up. B. It was optimistic. C. It was ambitious. D. It was active and hard-working. 7. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. The ancestor of Robert the Bruce was a Norman knight. B. Robert was defeated six times by the English. C. John de Balliol proved to be a wise and good King of Scotland. D. Robert finally led Scotland to freedom in 1314. C It was 8:30 pm on a Friday at a health club in central London. The Yoga (瑜伽) for Beginners class was packed with first-timers eager to learn. It may have taken thousands of years but yoga has shaken off its image as a practice associated with incense and chanting (诵经) to become a lifestyle essential for thousands of Britons everywhere. Yoga is changing lives in clubs and gyms around Britain. It has overtaken diving to become the fastest-growing new activity across the country. Every gym now has yoga classes, and yoga teachers are becoming popular and respected. Children as young as three take “Yoga Bug” classes. Hotels in Turkey, Spain and Mexico even offer yoga holidays for people whose idea of a relaxing time is strong exercise and soft things to drink. The new yoga generation believes engaging body and mind is the way to inner calm, not to mention a flat stomach, slimmer hips and a graceful body. Tom, 26, who works for a design company in Manchester, north-west England and started yoga in January, says this exercise is a perfect antidote to modern life. “Like most people, I work longer hours and travel a lot. Work is hard and competitive. I want somewhere where I can be alone and forget about absolutely everything, where the only person I am up against is myself.” Fenella Lindsell, director and founder of the Art of Health and Yoga in south-west London, says yoga’s popularity naturally results from consumers’ new-found interest in alternative lifestyles. “We are more in touch with how we feel and present ourselves. The same goes for fitness. We are questioning whether the traditional ‘no pain, no gain’ approach is for the best. We want a more complete form of exercise.” Sports scientists at Loughborough University, England, have just finished a study of exercise patterns that concludes that “low-impact exercises” are healthier for most people than hours spent lifting weights. Dr Ian Cockerill, who studies exercise trends, says less is now more. “People know they should ‘just do it’, but they're looking for a whole range of new feelings for the mind and the body.” Professional trend observers go further. They argue that the yoga craze is part of a general shift away from materialism to “the experience economy”. As most people earn more, making oneself look and feel good is now more about getting the latest “experience” than buying the latest thing. 8. In the past yoga was considered ________. A. connected with people’s health B. relevant to incense and chanting C. connected with the fastest-growing economy D. associated with an essential lifestyle 9. What does the underlined word “overtaken” in paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Outnumbered. B. Balanced. C. Compared. D. Benefited. 10. Why is yoga a perfect antidote for Tom? A. Yoga is beneficial to his health. B. He has the chance to be alone and get away from work there. C. He can keep up with the trend by practising yoga. D. Yoga can help him to be competitive. 11. What is the best title for the passage? A. The Meaning of Yoga B. The Popularity of Yoga C. A Form of Exercise D. People’s Attitudes Towards Yoga D If, when you think of “art”, you think of a framed painting on the wall of a gallery, then think again. Or, even better, go and see Antony Gormley’s exhibit. Gormley is one of the UK’s best-known contemporary artists but he’s nothing if not unconventional. Gormley was trained as a sculptor but has spent the last 25 years breaking the boundaries of what constitutes “sculpture”. “I’m constantly trying to say — where does this thing called sculpture belong?” Gormley said. In 2003, Asian Field toured China after it was made in Xiangshan Village, Guangdong. This work consisted of approximately 190,000 small terracotta figures, which stand in a room looking at the audience. That’s hardly the bronze figure on a heavy base that we associate with “sculpture”. Another Singularity is another work by Gormley. It was a bit abstract. As you walked into the room, a matrix made out of bungee cord surrounded you. In the middle was a body, suspended in the matrix. It looked a bit like a giant spider web. Gormley is excited about bringing his work to the East, because it feels like “coming home”. After graduating from the University of Cambridge in 1971, Gormley travelled to India and stayed there for three years. “It’s very strange for me to be trying to talk to you about sculpture because the wonderful thing about sculpture is it’s silent,” he says, trying to explain the reason for his pushing at conventions. He sees a fundamental change in the way we see art today. It’s no longer about what the individual does, or does not “like”, but it’s about the individual’s experience with the artwork itself. “We used to go to art in order to see ourselves and the world that we knew was reflected in it,” says Gormley. “We liked the things that reinforced our world view. Now people go to art to be tested by it — I think that’s a huge difference. Art is about exploring the unknown.” 12. What can we infer from the first four paragraphs? A. Gormley is a best-known artist only in the UK. B. Gormley is well-known because of his unconventionality. C. Gormley has brought his work to China only once. D. Gormley has been a sculptor for no more than 25 years. 13. The following statements are true about the small terracotta figures which make up Gormley’s Asian Field EXCEPT ________. A. they are made in Xiangshan Village B. their numbers are about 190,000 C. they are made in the UK D. they are put in a room, looking at the audience 14. What does the underlined word “matrix” in paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Sculpture. B. Figure. C. Screen. D. Network. 15. What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. Art is about trying to know the unknown. B. People were reflected in art. C. The art today is hardly different from before. D. The art reinforced our world view. 二、阅读七选五（本题共计1题，共计12.5分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 There are many poems about autumn and, to be honest, a lot of them sound the same. ____16____ But William Butler Yeats’s poetry makes a difference: his poem about swans, one of the greatest poems that this great Irish poet ever wrote, brings new life to the autumn poems. He does this with clear imagery (意象). ____17____ Swans had been there throughout the time that Yeats had spent at Coole Park, the home of his supporter Lady Gregory. Yeats’s point about the swans is that they, unlike a man, never grow old. Whenever he sees the swans, no matter how old he is, he tries and fails to count them. Before he has done the counting, they rise up from the still lake, “And scatter wheeling in great broken rings. Upon their clamorous wings.” It’s a great and clear image. ____18____ ____19____ But we guess that he does not have their great passion and energy. His heart, perhaps, has grown cold, unlike the pairs bf lover swans who swim together on the water surface or climb the air when they take off and fly. Another important feature of the poem is that Yeats knows the swans are mysterious and beautiful. They are mysterious because they are not humans. Their life is different from ours. Their reality is not our reality. ____20____ A. Yeats does not really talk about how different he is from the swans. B. Yeats is considered to be the greatest poet of all time. C. The main image of the poem is the view of the swans in the title — The Wild Swans at Coole. D. You can almost hear Yeats’s exclaiming (感叹) as he sees the swans' sudden movements. E. Swans have been a common topic for brilliant poets. F. Read a lot of them for a while and you will soon be bored! G. But the poet, inspired by what he sees, is moved to think about them and life in a new way. 三、完形填空（本题共计1题，共计15分） Paintings and sculptures can be a(n) ___21___ for the eyes of visitors to art museums, but today they are also considered to be an unconventional (非常规的) ___22___ for people with mental illness. Last month, a group of Canadian doctors started to write a brand-new kind of prescription (处方) which gives patients free ___23___ to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. There, they will have a relaxing experience, enjoying the museum’s collections. Nathalie Bondil, a museum’s general director, ___24___ that being in contact with culture and art can help with ___25___. “In the 21st century, culture will be what physical activity was for health in the 20th century,” she told the Montreal Gazette. Each prescription will allow not only the ___26___ to go into the art museums but also their families or friends to ___27___ them. In the museums, visitors can appreciate the artworks and ___28___ a wide range of activities, including drawing, sewing and making a sculpture with ___29___ materials which are environmentally friendly. The new cure is said to be the ___30___ of its kind in the world. And there's increasing evidence that the works of art, ___31___ the works of art describing nature, can have positive effects on people with fear, depression and ___32___. In 2017, the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Art, Health and Wellbeing also released a report stating that “it’s time to ___33___ the powerful contributions the art can make to our health”. Is it possible for art to help overall health? We may not know the answer yet. Only time can ___34___. But one thing is certain, that is, more and more people today are ___35___ of the idea that “art is good medicine”. 21. A. support B. feast C. game D. honour 22. A. custom B. case C. cure D. situation 23. A. access B. introduction C. solution D. key 24. A. complains B. believes C. imagines D. recalls 25. A. income B. education C. wealth D. health 26. A. customers B. doctors C. patients D. players 27. A. accompany B. find C. control D. observe 28. A. take part in B. play jokes on C. have effects on D. take pride in 29. A. rare B. expensive C. recycled D. damaged 30. A. last B. first C. worst D. dearest 31. A. except B. besides C. especially D. additionally 32. A. delight B. anxiety C. expectation D. desire 33 A. recognise B. forget C. repeat D. miss 34. A. report B. change C. tell D. record 35. A. convinced B. warned C. reminded D. rid 四、语法填空（本题共计1题，共计15分） 阅读短文，在空白处填入一个合适的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in reaction to climate change, ____36____ could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems. Global warming is having a great effect on ____37____ (hundred) of plant and animal species around the world, ____38____ (change) some living patterns, scientists say. Increased carbon dioxide in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on ____39____ plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of ____40____ (grow). “Predicting species’s reaction to climate change is ____41____ major challenge in ecology,” said the ____42____ (research) from several US universities. They said plants had be-en the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystems. The study published on the Nature website, ____43____ (use) the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It ____44____ (find) that some experiments have underestimated the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times. “Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance — for both leafing and flowering — that results from temperature increases,” the study said. The design of future experiments may need to be improved to _____45_____ (well) predict how plants will react to climate change, it said. 五、建议信（本题共计1题，共计15分） 46. 假设你是李华，你的朋友Anthony对中国古诗很感兴趣，报名参加了“我最喜爱的中国古代诗人”（My Favorite Ancient Chinese Poet）英语演讲比赛，但不知如何准备，来信寻求你的建议。请你用英语写一封回信，内容如下： 1. 推荐的诗人及推荐原因； 2. 演讲的注意事项； 3. 鼓励和祝福。 注意：1. 词数80词左右；2. 短文的开头己写好，不计入总数。 Dear Anthony, Hearing that you have signed up for the English Speaking Contest "My Favorite Ancient Chinese Poet", _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 六、读后续写（本题共计1题，共计25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。 I lay on my bed, legs leaning against the wall, desperately wishing my mother would call. But I remembered the last time I'd seen her, right before the train for Providence pulled out of the station, “You know how expensive it is to call,” she said, then hugged me tight and said good- bye. This was my first birthday away from home. I missed my mom, missed my sister, and most certainly missed the special pound cake my mother always made for my birthday. Since getting to college that year, I would watch jealously as the other freshmen received care packages from their parents on their birthdays--and even on ordinary days. Big boxes containing summer slacks and blouses, packages of M&M's and Snickers , things they needed and things they didn't. Instead of feeling thrilled about my upcoming eighteenth birthday, I felt empty. I wished my mom would send me something, too, but I knew that she couldn’t afford presents or the postage. She had done her best with my sister and me--raising us by herself. The simple truth was there just was never enough money. But that didn’t stop her from filling us with dreams. “You can be anything you want to be,” she would tell us. “Politicians, dancers, writers -- you just have to work for it; you have to get an education.” Thanks to my mom's sacrifices and big dreams, I’d made it to the Ivy League: Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. As I was recalling these things, my roommate joined me on the bed. “Hey. After we study, let's buy ice cream and cake.” I nodded, closed my eyes, and imagined the cake Mom would have made. Mmm. I could see the golden yellow of each of the twelve eggs, and I could almost smell the vanilla(香草) filling the house while the cake baked. 注意： 1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； Paragraph 1 As I daydreamed, there was a knock on the door.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2 How had she managed to afford it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$